Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-24

takes the lead. Wherever you see agriculture
the most prosperous there you Will find the
There you will find the prosperous merchant,
mechanic and business man of every calling or
profession. There you will find the school
house, the college, and the church there you
will behold happiness and comfort.
THE CAUSE OF OUR PROSPERITY.
Why are the inhabitants of the United States
the most prosperous and contented people to be
found in any part of the civilized world? The
answer is plain. We are the greatest agricult-
wrists on earth. Russia, our greatest competitor
! in the production of wheat, produces only two
bushels per capita, as against nine bushels per
head, or capita, produced annually by the
farmers of the United States
The American farmer leads the world in the
production of cereals. We produced last year..
about s., 800, 100000 worth Of farm produc' IS
The farmer is king. All eyes are turned to che
farmer. 40 industry affects the business World
| so much as that of agriculture. Short erons
shake the financial world to its very cent? and
total failure of crops would paralyze Il ie world
| financially speaking. There may be failures in
any other business and not seriously affect the
| business world.
| The farmer is the helmsman of tho Chin .,
| farmer is at the helm-no country or DeopIe can
| exist or pcosper without him.
/ EANK OF THE COLLEEN STATE.
California ranks number ten in the list of pro
ducing States in the Union. Add to the value
| of heC agriculture, the precious metals extract.
ed from her mines, and she viii rank number
seven on the list California ranks number one
| in the production OF gold, wine raisins and cit
rus fruits.
The American stock-growers are the most
prosperous, as statistics will show, The total
valuation of stock is about 1000 90 COO. Cali
iornia ranks among the first stock producing
Estates of the Union, The total number of acres
in farms in the United States is about coo 600 600
valued at So COO 900, 900. California ranks among
the leading agricultural States
| The mineral products for lSS6-includinp all
mineral and building stone to about
$50 100000. Every branch of industry in ouI
common country IS prosperous. Our farms have
doubled in acreage and numbers since 1850 and
am led TO exclain, in the language of an old
and esteemed German friend: Wat PEBBLES
vat n peeblesr Yes, felow-Citizens, what q
people what people-brave, generous and no
BILE to q fault. See what we have accomplished
in a few short years since the ATgOnauts-those
brave old pioneers-pitched their tents west OF
| the SieTras What were then but vast uninhab
tied plains are to day the
GgAgDEsr BEEAD-rRoDUc1SG FIELDS
OF the world. Butte, Colusa, Tehama, Yolo
Suffer and SolanO counties are the granaries oil
the Golden West. Butte county takes the lead
her rich fields never fails to yield bountiful
crops OF all the earth can produce. These grand
and productive plains with their rich fields OF
golden sheaves dotted all over with beautiful
orchards and vineyards, and orange groves
and elegant farm houses-the happy home OF
men and women of every cline and nationality
living and dwelling together like band oil
brothers, presenting to the world a picture ot
home, happiness, prosperity, intelligence and
contentment, unequaled or unsurpassed by any
other people or country. We point to this as
one of the grandest pictures of human happi-
ness and contentment ever witnessed beneath
the heaYens-a picture wrought by the hand
of the farmer.
AMERICAN MECHANISM
Takes front rank with that of the oldest nations
of the earth. Permit me to call your attention